Brent Skorup and Laura Bondank write: When the IRS secretly demands your financial records and private information from a third party, without a warrant, what rights do you still have? That’s the question at the heart of Harper v. O’Donnell, which is before the Supreme Court. New Hampshire resident Jim Harper is fighting back against the IRS after…
Ninth Circuit Hands Users A Big Win: Californians Can Sue Out-of-State Corporations That Violate State Privacy Laws
Corynne McSherr, the Legal Director of EFF, writes: Simple common sense tells us that a corporation’s decision to operate in every state shouldn’t mean it can’t be sued in most of them. Sadly, U.S. law doesn’t always follow common sense. That’s why we were so pleased with a recent holding from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Setting a…
In Mass., volunteers pack thousands of abortion pills destined for states with bans
Martha Bebinger reports: Huddled around a small conference table in Greater Boston, fewer than a dozen volunteers form an ad hoc assembly line to slip hundreds of pills into padded envelopes. It’s not an illegal drug operation, at least not here in Massachusetts. But, the volunteers’ work to fill online prescription requests could risk criminal…
A Letter to the Privacy Law Community from the Scholars and Teachers in Leadership
May 2, 2025 Dear Colleagues, In our capacities as scholars, teachers, and leaders of the Privacy Law Scholars Foundation (PLSF) and the Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC), we write to express our grave concern about ongoing threats to privacy and democracy in the United States. Each of us brings different perspectives on what the law…